St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-01
THEY TAKE THE OATH.
The Five Members of the Interstate Com.
MERGE Commission Duly Sworn
Into Office.
A Remark by Judge Cooley Which Already
Raises Doubt About the Pua-
cling Law.
Second-Class Rates Abolished and to
Be Withdrawn From Opera
ton April 1.
The Manitoba and the Northwestern
Fighting for Advantage Around
Sioux City.
Special to the Globe.

Sioux City.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The inter-
state commissioners presented themselves
at Secretary Lamar's Office at o'clock this
afternoon and were duly sworn in and their
commissions presented to them. Messrs.
Cooley, Morrison, Schoonmaker and Walker
at II a. III. proceeded to the White house
and called upon the president. Commits
Sioner Bragg did not arrive from the South
until this morning, and did not reach the
White house until after his colleagues had
left. He had a short talk with the presi-
dent and joined the other commissioners at
Wizards hotel. where an informal session
was held in Col. Morrison's rooms 1.-The
commission will not organize until April s."
said Judge Cooley, because we shall not
be commissioners until then. The law will
not take effect until that date" Here at
the very outset is most pronounced differ
ence of opinion, which seems to be Ominous
as to the future Interpretation of the
more doubtful features of the act. 1t has
not been supposed that there was any diff
ference of opinion as to the time when the
act would take effect. The question arose
and the argument was made among those
who were concerned in the matter that if
Judge Co0ley's view is correct the offices
DO NOT YET EXIST.
and then came the query, how could Presi-
dent Cleveland make appointments to offices
not yet in existence? A year ago he APP
pointed the assistant commissioner OF In
dian affairs before he had signed the bill
fl,1a fn,.r
and he afterwards rectifed the mistake by
a denomination. The senate, which had
confirmed the nomination almost as soon as
received, promptly confirmed the renomi-
| nation when it was made. 1t is evident
that either Judge Cooley is mistaken or the
president must appoint all the commits
SionerS over again, and it is not thought
that the president has acted prematurelv in
this case. The law itself seems to be per-
fectly clear on the point. Section "a, the
concluding section. enacts:
That the provisions of sections IL and IS of
this act relating to the appointment and Or
ganization of the commissioners herein pro-
vided for shall take effect Immediately, and
the remaining sections of this act shall take
effect sixty days after its passage.
I The act was approved Feb. 4. Section
IL, which took effect Immediately, that is
OH Feb 4, enacts:
That commission is hereby created and
established to be known as the interstate
commerce commission, which shall be COM
| posed Oh i've commissioners. who shall be ap-
pointed by the president by and with the ad-
| vice and consent Of the senate.
COOLEY IS CHAIRMAN.
| After the five commissioners had taken
the oath of Office they held short session
in the private room of the secretary. Com
| missioner Morrison at once nominated
| Judge Cooley for chairman. and. this motion
was promptly seconded by Commissioner
| Bragg, and the election made unanimous
dr. lIC.1g, oa'S action was according 10 s,n
1 understanding between himself and the
| president, who indicated that he desired
Judge Cooley to be at the head of the COM
mission because of his familiarity with law
and railroad questions that would be SUBJ
mItted to the new tribunal.
Second Glass Rates Abolished.
Mr.. Mccullough. of the Omaha. and Mr..
| Dixon, Of the Milwaukee d ST. Paul road,
returned from Chicago yesterday. where
| they went to attend the meeting held there
of the Western States association. This
meeting was commenced ON Tuesday last
and has been continued every day since and
there is no certainty that it will be able to
| Tough says that one of the most important
actions taken was the making of an agree
ment to make uniform rate of baggage at
! IL per cent. The Eastern trunk lines fixed
upon this amount some time ago, but the
| Western roads refused to accept il and in
| sisted upon making 1873 per cent. rate.
| The following resolution having been
adopted, second class rates were practically
| abolished:
Resolved, That all second-class rates not
| affected by the secOnd-clasS rate between
Chicago and ST. Paul, Minneapolis and Lake
| Superior points, shall be withdrawn April l.
and supplement to theChcago and other dis
| trict rate sheets shall be Immediately issued
| canceling the same, aud that a meeting of rep
| resentatives of lines interested, with their
rate clerks be held at the Office of the Chicago
| & Northwestern railway April !, at 1880 a.
M, for compilation of such supplement.
The Manitoba and the Northwestern
| The whole country around Pipestone
county and throughout the district down to
| Sioux Falls and Yankton is a great deal
excited about where the Manitoba and the
| Northwestern are intending to run their
roads. The Sioux Falls Press of Wednes-
| day last announces that the Northwestern
proposes to ruE from Pipestone southwest
an extension of its Heron lake branch of
the st. Paul & Omaha, and tap the Worth
| ington and Sioux Falls lines at Brandon.
seven miles east of Sioux Falls, and run
over that track to Sioux Falls, thence south
| west to Centerville. and from there over
| the line already built to Yankton. North
| from Pipestone it would have to build only
| twelve or fifteen miles to reach its Dakota
| Central line. thus linking its several
branches in that section by diagonal route,
which would practically parallel tie pro-
| posed Duluth, Willmar & Sioux Falls ex-
| tension to the Manitoba system for a dis
| tance of nearly $50 miles